Comparison

AA 12 Step Toolkit vs Everything AA

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AA 12 Step Toolkit

This app provides a comprehensive set of tools for individuals in recovery, offering guidance, inventories, readings, and practical utilities based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. It includes features for sponsorship, step work, sobriety tracking, and personal reflections, all within a secure and easy-to-use interface.

Highlights
  • In-app sponsorship with messaging
  • Full Big Book text and step guides
  • Sobriety time calculator and statistics
  • Moral inventory and daily practice tools
  • Readings and prayers
  • Gratitude lists and personal notes
  • PIN, Face ID, and Touch ID security
Features
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12 Step Toolkit – Everything AA Members Need for Daily Recovery 12 Step Toolkit is a complete set of recovery tools designed to support your journey—day by day, step by step. Built around the principles found in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, this app combines guidance, inventories, readings, and practical utilities to help you stay connected to your programme. Whether you are new to recovery or continuing your journey, 12 Step Toolkit keeps everything you need in one secure, easy-to-use place. KEY FEATURES IN-APP SPONSORSHIP • Connect with thousands of sponsors and sponsees worldwide • Find a sponsor • Add sponsees • Secure, instant in-app messaging BIG BOOK & STEP WORK • Full 164 pages of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous • 70+ additional stories from early editions • Step-by-step guides on how to work all 12 Steps • Dedicated sections for completing your own step work RECOVERY CALCULATOR • Track your clean or sober time with detailed statistics, averages, and milestones INVENTORIES & DAILY PRACTICES • Comprehensive Step 4 moral inventory • Step 10 spot-check tool • Interactive “On Awakening” inventory • Nightly review with reminders • Hourly mindfulness and consciousness reminders READINGS & PRAYERS Readings included: • AA Preamble • How It Works • The 12 Traditions • Promises (pp. 83–84) • Just For Today • On Awakening • On Retiring • A Vision For You Prayers included: • Serenity Prayer (standard and extended) • 3rd Step Prayer • 7th Step Prayer • 11th Step Prayer • The Lord’s Prayer GRATITUDE, NOTES & SHARING • Create gratitude lists • Write personal notes and reflections • Share inventories, lists, and notes using standard iOS sharing tools PRIVACY & SECURITY • PIN lock • Face ID and Touch ID support • Local-only storage for your step work, inventories, and notes WORK ALL 12 STEPS – RIGHT INSIDE THE APP Step 1: Track your sobriety time with accurate calculations Step 2: Reflect and acknowledge acceptance Step 3: Record your decision and milestone Step 4: Complete a detailed moral inventory Step 5: Share your Step 4 with a sponsor or trusted person Steps 6 & 7: Record readiness and willingness for change Step 8: Build your amends list Step 9: Track your amends as you make them Step 10: Maintain daily awareness with spot-check inventories Step 11: Complete your nightly review Step 12: Continue carrying the message Everything is guided, organised, and easy to update. SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS • Annual subscription: $39.99/year • Quarterly subscription: $15.99 • Subscriptions provide unlimited, ad-free access to all premium features • One-time purchases are available for enhanced in-app connections Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage your subscription in Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Terms of Use: https://www.12steptoolkit.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.12steptoolkit.com/privacy IMPORTANT NOTICE This app is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Alcoholics Anonymous, AAWS, or any other 12-Step fellowship. “A.A.” and “Alcoholics Anonymous” are trademarks of A

About

Everything AA

This app offers a comprehensive collection of resources for individuals engaged in a 12-step program. It provides access to meeting finders, literature, audiobooks, daily reflections, and inventory tools, all within a single, ad-free platform.

Highlights
  • Worldwide Online Meeting Finder
  • Big Book (Text & Audiobook)
  • 12 Steps and 12 Traditions (Text & Audio)
  • Daily Reflection
  • Sobriety Counter
  • Shareable Daily Inventory & Gratitude List
Features
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Searching for the best AA app to complement your 12 step program? Look no further! Everything AA has every resource you could need in one place, and is still growing. It provides this completely free of cost and with no ads! It includes: -A worldwide Online Meeting Finder -Text and Audiobook versions of the Big Book -Text and Audio versions of the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions (12 & 12) -The Daily Reflection -Text and Audio versions of Living Sober - The Joe and Charlie Audio Tapes -Literature and pamphlets from Alcoholics Anonymous such as How it Works, The 12 Steps, The 12 Traditions, the Preamble, AA meeting cards, the Sponsorship Pamphlet, the AA prayers and many more! -A shareable daily inventory and gratitude list! The app also includes a sobriety counter so that you can keep track of your exact day count! We hope it helps you on your Alcoholics Anonymous Journey! Version 2.0 has an integrated online meeting guide that helps you find meetings any time of day, and open them automatically in your video conferencing apps. Be sure to check it out for Alcoholics Anonymous meetings around the world! The app uses the Standard Apple Terms of Use(EULA) which is available at: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

AA 12 Step Toolkit4 screens
Everything AA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Everything AA at free with in-app purchases against AA 12 Step Toolkit's subscription. Everything AA also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 63%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). AA 12 Step Toolkit's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AA 12 Step Toolkit sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days and Everything AA sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for AA 12 Step Toolkit against 4.9 for Everything AA. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Everything AA has 72K ratings behind it against 3.6K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of AA 12 Step Toolkit's written reviews are positive against 95% of Everything AA's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AA 12 Step Toolkit ships an update every 2 months, Everything AA every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
AA 12 Step Toolkit versus Everything AA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAA 12 Step ToolkitEverything AA
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.6K ratings)4.9 (72K ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews94.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.6K72K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB55 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperTushar BhagatAlcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

Customer experience

AA 12 Step Toolkit

All ratings3,627 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral7.9%
Negative28.9%

Everything AA

All ratings71,563 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.6%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews807 reviews
Positive94.9%
Neutral1.2%
Negative3.8%

User reviews

AA 12 Step Toolkit

From 3.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Helpful for recovery
  • 👍 Great reference tool
  • 🚀 Integral part of recovery
  • 👍 Useful for journaling and working steps

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Technical issues (app crashes/closes)
  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🔍 Too many ads/intrusive ads
  • 🐛 App not working/crashing

Everything AA

From 72K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🙏 Grateful for the app
  • 📚 Comprehensive AA resources
  • 🎧 Helpful audio content
  • 🔍 Easy to access literature
  • ⏱️ Sobriety tracker

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional technical issues
  • 🔍 Could use more search/navigation features

Bugs and requests

AA 12 Step Toolkit

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to add sobriety date
  • Hourly reminders not working properly
  • Login/sync issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to change time zone
  • Improve sharing/connectivity features
  • Reduce ads/make free version more usable

Everything AA

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Audio playback issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes

Requested features

2 requests
  • Ability to highlight/bookmark text
  • Add more AA literature and resources

In-app purchases

11 purchases

AA 12 Step Toolkit

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly Subscription$1.497 Days
  • Quarterly2 variants$9.993 Months
  • Quarterly Subscription$15.993 Months
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  • Annual$19.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription$39.991 Year
One-time5
  • 3 Months Sponsee Upgrade$9.99
  • 3 Months Unlock For 1 Sponsee$15.99
  • 1 Year Sponsee Upgrade$19.99
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  • 1 Year Unlock For 1 Sponsee$39.99
  • Lifetime Access$99.99
2 purchases

Everything AA

Subscriptions2
  • Supporter$1.991 Month
  • Supporter$19.991 Year

Questions

Is AA 12 Step Toolkit free?
AA 12 Step Toolkit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Everything AA free?
Everything AA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AA 12 Step Toolkit or Everything AA?
Everything AA is rated higher. AA 12 Step Toolkit averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.6K ratings, while Everything AA averages 4.9 from 72K ratings.
Do AA 12 Step Toolkit or Everything AA have ads?
Neither AA 12 Step Toolkit nor Everything AA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AA 12 Step Toolkit or Everything AA?
AA 12 Step Toolkit ships an update every 2 months, and Everything AA every 3 weeks. Most recently, AA 12 Step Toolkit was updated on October 15, 2026 and Everything AA on October 16, 2026.

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